i'm a professor, i'm from new zealand and i have an identical twin. according to one of last Fall's teaching evaluations, "professor h is wonderfully happy all the time". false, student! you get a C- for insight. (i'm a performing introvert--like a chipmunk on her third martini when in front of the class). i do have many enthusiasms and am usually quite cheerful. i say what i think, and i say it in a cute accent. i'm a nice person.

i love this poem:

If dawn breaks the heart, and the moon is a horror,And the sun is nothing but the source of torpor,Then of course I would have been silent all these years

And would not have chosen to go out tonightIn my new dark blue double-breasted suitAnd to sit in a restaurant with a bowl

Of soup before me to celebrate how good lifeHas been and how it has culminated in this instant.The harmonies of wholesomeness have reached their apogee,

And I am aquiver with satisfaction, and you lookGood, too. I love your gold teeth and your dyed hair-A little green, a little yellow-and your weight,

Which is finally up where we never thoughtIt would be. O my partner, my beautiful death,My black paradise, my fusty intoxicant,

3 years ago a cashier at home depot asked for my ID so she could check if i was over 14 and could legally buy spray paint. but, sadly, i want to be 65: i've taken classes in bird-watching, tree identification and lawn bowling and i like sewing unusual things onto pillows.

I get on well with men who are at least some of the following: seriously into something in particular and sometimes wild about everything | interested in art / literature | funny | inquisitive | kind | silly on occasion | comfortable in their own skin | happy spending time alone | not all that interested in material gain. i like a guy who's willing to face up to the dark side of life, but who, when all is said and done, finds the world beautiful and fascinating: worth paying close attention to.

let's both be feminists.

"you should message me if" you want to do these kinds of things on weekends:

in the winter: go candlepin bowling | play table tennis | see live music / dance / art;

in the summer: hike | road trip | kayak | picnic | play badminton and croquet in quads and meadows;

whatever the season: seek out new experiences | read books over coffee | have a great conversation over a dinner that’s almost as great.

(if I don't reply, it's because I don't think we're right for each other, not because I don't appreciate you getting in touch).